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Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain convened with the Chief Executive Officer of Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFCL), Jahangir Piracha, to address crucial issues surrounding fertilizer availability and pricing in Pakistan. The meeting focused on ensuring uninterrupted supply of fertilizers to farmers nationwide, particularly ahead
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Researchers at the College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Saudi Arabia, have developed a hybrid deep learning model that can accurately predict food supply and mitigate food wastage. The model integrates Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCN) with Transformer Attention to effectively handle massive quantities of temporal data. The proposed
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North Africa faces significant challenges of food insecurity and environmental degradation, driven by rapid population growth, ongoing droughts, severe water stress, and increasing rates of undernourishment. Achieving food security and environmental sustainability requires a balanced evaluation of agricultural productivity, resource efficiency, ecosystem health, and climate resilience. Researchers have developed a
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Researchers at the University of South Africa have shed light on the critical link between urban expansion, land grabs, forced displacement, inadequate compensation, and food insecurity in households among displaced peri-urban farmers in Addis Ababa. The study used a mixed-method approach to investigate the food security status of displaced and
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The Government of Pakistan is taking measures to guarantee the uninterrupted supply of fertilizers to farmers across the country, particularly in remote areas, to ensure the agriculture sector's growth and food security. Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, held a meeting with Fauji
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A recent systematic review by researchers from University College London has shed new light on the use of digitalization to address food waste and loss (FWL) events in the food supply chain (FSC). The review, which analyzed 4277 abstracts and titles, as well as 129 full-text papers on the topic
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Agriculture research aims to tackle the challenges in food security through effective supply chain management, as highlighted in a recent study published in the Journal of Advances in Food Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Agroindustrial Engineering. The study focused on Kebonagung Bulog Warehouse, Malang, and employed the Fuzzy-Analytical Hierarchy Process (Fuzzy-AHP)
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The city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has been under siege for over a year by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leaving 300,000 residents at risk of famine. The city, home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people, has been cut off from humanitarian access, with
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China has handed over a new batch of food assistance to Zimbabwe, comprising approximately 3,000 tonnes of rice and wheat, to support the country's food security after a devastating El-Nino induced drought last year. The assistance comes as Zimbabwe is struggling to recover from the drought, which
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Research on conservation agriculture (CA) has identified its potential to address environmental degradation and enhance agricultural productivity. A study conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has assessed the impact of a double zero-tilled bed-planting (PRBZT) system combined with optimized phosphate fertilizer management
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The introduction of new packs for fertiliser in Bauchi State is aimed at tackling the issue of fake fertiliser circulating in the state, as revealed by Barr. Kefas Musa Magaji, Chairman of the Bauchi State Fertiliser Blending Company. The move comes as a response to the production delay caused by
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Governor Peter Mbah has announced significant measures to ensure long-term food security in Enugu State, including substantial investments in agriculture, training and empowerment of small-scale farmers, and the provision of agricultural grants. The initiative aims to provide sustainably produced food items to vulnerable households for 12 consecutive months. The program,
